Clothes-pin holder.



1. s. REESMAN.

CLOTHES PIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28,1914. RENEWED NOV. 25. 1916.

192.3149357? Patented Jan, 30, 1917.

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JOHN E. REESMAN, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-PIN HOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jamtl, i917..

Application led November 2Q, 19M, Serial No. t'.v Renewed November 25, 1916. Serial No. 133,493.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, `JOHN S. REESMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pin Holders, of which'the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a clothes pin holder wherein use is made of a bag which is removably suspended from the clothes line for holding the clothes pins in convenient reach of the user of the same.

rlfhe primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a hanger for the bag, of novel construction whereby both the front and rear walls of the bag are supported to prevent sagging of the same under the weight of the contents of thefbag and to hold the mouth of the latter spread to facilitate the insertion of the pins into the bag or their removal therefrom.

The ligure in the drawing is a perspective view of my invention, the bag being partly broken away to show the construction of the hanger.

Referring more particularly to the draw- 5 designates the bag constructed from cloth or other suitable flexible material, and comprises two pieces 6 and 7 stitched along their marginal edges and forming what may be termed front and rear walls of the bag. As shown each piece of material is'substantially square, the front wall 6 being cut away longitudinally from its upper edge to provide an enlarged substantially square opening 8 constitutin the mouth of the bag, while the rear wall forms a backing for the opening 8 to direct the pins into the bag. With a bag constructed inv the above described manner, lf employ a hanger V9 forming the subject matter of my invention, for supporting the bag upon the clothes line in convenient reach of the user of the device. As shown the hanger is formed from a single length of wire to provide a substantially rectangular frame 10 to conform to the congnration of the opening 8, the parallel portions ll and the lower cross bar l2 being received within the hems 13 formed by the marginal edges of the opening 8. rlhe parallel portions l1 terminate in oppositely disposed lateral extensions 14, which are bent upwardly as at 15 and thence downwardly as at 16 deing the line receiving hooks l?,

' the wire being bent upon itself in the formation of the hook and extended transversely to provide the upper bar 18 of the rectangular 'frame 10, with the hook portions on said bar Contactin with the hook portions on the other bar t roughout their length to prevent the sagging of the bar under the weight of articles placed within the bag. rlhe free ends of the wire can be soldered or otherwise suitable secured. |lhe upper bar 18 is received within the hem'll formed'by the upper edge of the rear wall 7, the latter being thus independently supported so that the strain on the frame due to the weight of the contents of the bag will be distributed between the bars 12 and 18 respectively. By reason of this construction, it will be further obvious that both the front and rear walls of the bag are prevented from sagging under the weight of the contents thereof, and that the mouth of the bag is reinforced and held open under all conditions to permit ready access to be had to the bag.

lt is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent without requiring a more extended explanation and therefore the same has been omitted.

What l claim is A rlhe combination with a bag having a substantially square opening at the upper edge thereof, of a hanger constructed from a strand of wire looped above said opening to provide two horizontally extending sides contacting for a portion of their lengths at opposite ends of the loop with one of 'said sides connected with the top of the bag, the other of said sides being bent between the Vcontacting portions to provide a downwardly extending U-shaped frame secured to the sides and bottom of the opening, said contacting portions being bent between their `ends tol provide upwardly extending hooks with the hook portions on the straight side of the loop bearing against the inner faces of the hook portions on the bent sides of the loop throughout their length, to prevent the sagging of the sides of the'loop under the weight of articles placed within the bag..

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

JUHN S. REESMAN. Witnesses:

G. G. Fonrerorr, Wir. Gerer.

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